Tributes are continuing to mount at the Liverpool FC Hillsborough memorial at Anfield stadium.

Scarves, flowers, displays, and both red and blue football shirts have been placed at the shrine since yesterday’s momentous inquest verdicts.

Tributes are also being left at the Hillsborough memorial by St John’s Gardens.

And later today, more than 20,000 people are expected to descend on St George’s plateau for a vigil to mark the end of the inquests.

Members of the public are invited to gather on the plateau and Lime Street for the commemoration event which gets underway at 5.45pm.

Family members of the 96 victims will join the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, for a mixture of tributes, music, speeches and moments of reflection.

Tributes at the Liverpool FC Hillsborough Memorial

During tonight’s commemoration the names and ages of those who died in the tragedy will be read out and displayed on large screens at the event. There will also be speeches by civic leaders while BBC Radio Merseyside’s Roger Phillips will compere the event.

The proceedings will conclude with the Sense of Sound choir performing You’ll Never Walk Alone.

The commemoration event has been organised by the city council and supported by representatives of the Hillsborough family groups, Liverpool FC and Everton FC and is expected to finish around 7.30pm.

Motorists are being advised that Lime Street and St John’s Lane will be closed from around 5pm until 8pm. Diversions will be in place but delays are likely.